Outside the Beltway

The trend toward hard-right parties continues.

The crowd for DC’s fireworks celebration was small but weird.

Beto O’Rourke wants to use government policy to punish religious institutions that don’t recognize same-sex marriages.

Joe Biden delivered his first major foreign policy address of the campaign. It’s not perfect, but it’s better than what we have right now.

The Washington State Supreme Court has ruled against a Seattle-area florist who refused to provide flowers for a same-sex wedding.

Amusing results, and a history lesson, in a new poll

The Supreme Court is set to hear oral argument in a case involving a World War I Memorial in the form of a cross on public land in Suburban Maryland.

There’s a new church/state separation case on the Supreme Court’s docket.

Europe has abandoned centuries-old laws against blasphemy, but the assault on so-called “hate speech” threatens to effectively bring them back.

Some legal scholars are speculating that the Court’s ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop could impact the ruling on the President’s Muslim Travel Ban. This seems unlikely.

In an exceedingly narrow ruling, the Supreme Court sided with a Colorado baker who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding reception. However, the ruling did not address the broader issues raised by the case.

The Supreme Court appears ready to strike down a California law requiring Crisis Pregnancy Centers to provide information on abortion.

The Supreme Court held oral argument in a case that pits First Amendment rights against the rights of LGBT Americans.

A high-level French Court has struck down the ban on the so-called ‘burkini’ adopted by many towns along the French Riviera.

Donald Trump’s plan to bar all Muslim immigration to the United States is being widely condemned by his fellow Republicans and others, but the proposal probably won’t hurt him politically in a Republican Party that is deeply bigoted against Muslims in general.

John Kasich wants the United States Government to create an agency to spread ‘so-called ‘Judeo-Christian values.’

Rowan County, Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis is being released from jail, but it may end up being a very short reprieve.

Most of the Republican candidates for President would rather support a lawbreaker than the Rule of Law. The American people should judge them accordingly.

Voters in Ireland have overwhelmingly approved a referendum legalizing same-sex marriage.

A case out of Louisiana raises serious First Amendment issues.

Someone needs to give the Mayor of Warren, Michigan a lesson on what the First Amendment means.

Developments overnight in a small but controversial issue raised by the PPACA.

Another Federal Court has declared the PPACA’s contraceptive coverage mandate to be unconstitutional.

Sacrificing our principles in the face of mob violence is never a good idea.

President Obama’s remarks before the United Nations were, at least in one particular part, disappointing.

Capitulating to a mob is never a good idea.

There is a disturbing trend in Western nations toward enforcement of laws against “insulting” religions.

The results of Louisiana’s primary mean a lot less than the pundits will tell you they do.

Rick Santorum’s views on the role of religion in public life are built on lies about American history.

A far-reaching decision from the Supreme Court protecting religious liberty.

Is the NYPD becoming too much like the CIA?

We’ve reached a turning point in the debate over same-sex marriage.

Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum is the latest Republican to reject the idea that America is a secular nation.

Examining Levin’s examination of the Constitution, jurisprudence, and property rights.

In chapter three of Liberty and Tyranny, Mark Levin applies his typical standards of logic and evidence to matters of faith.

Alabama Governor Robert Bentley managed to alienate non-Christians within moments of taking office.

Sarah Palin waded into the foreign policy pool today with a piece about Iran, and it was about as empty as most of the other ideas on Iran that we’ve heard over the last six years or so from everyone else.

In her new book, Sarah Palin puts forward a view of the role of religion in politics that is in direct contrast with America’s own traditions.

Everyone from David Petraeus to Sarah Palin is speaking out against a nutbag pastor’s Koran burning event. While they’re right, they’re emphasizing the wrong message.